The Cathay Associates network member in Shenzhen, China:

Cathay Associates KeJie

Established: 2009

Staff: 55

“Everyone is born with an instinct of success, and ability to make it, but only the ones who think out of the box succeed.”

— Unarine Ramaru

Cathay Associates KeJie in Shenzhen is a leading Chinese boutique law firm which specializes in advising domestic and international leading companies, financial institutions and governments on their most challenging transactions.

Sino Prosperity Real Estate Fund (US$ 200 million) by Sino-Ocean Land and KKR as its sponsors;

Aerospace Industry Fund (RMB 3 billion);

Beijing Tourism Development Fund (RMB 1 billion);

Honghe Internet Fund (RMB 300 million);

Pharmaceutical/Medical Industry Fund (RMB 250 million) by 3SBio Inc. and China Medical City as its sponsors;

The investments in VC funds by the New Industry VC Program of Ministry of Finance of PRC and National Development and Reform Commission of PRC.

Education

Wellington College International Tianjin;

Wellington College International Shanghai;

Haileybury International School (Wuqing);

3E International School;

Romp n’ Roll.

KEY REPRESENTATIVES

He Jie

Managing Partner

Hao Fred

Partner

Cao Lei

Partner

Li Xin

Partner

Liu Xinbo

Partner

Qiu Lin

Partner

Zhang Fang

Partner

OFFICE PROFILE

Cathay Associates Kejie is a transactional and litigation law firm with global network, which specializes in advising domestic and international leading companies, financial institutions and governments on their most challenging transactions and disputes. We work as a single united team with member firms of Cathay Associates to provide cross-jurisdictional legal service for Chinese enterprises on its outbound investments, mergers and acquisitions and commercial disputes around the world.

We have a thriving commercial law practice focused on the area of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, investment fund, securities issuance and capital markets, intellectual property, commercial litigation and arbitration.

Our experience in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, corporate and securities law, and corporate governance means that we regularly handle some of the most complex, demanding and challenging transactions in the People’s Republic of China. We counsel both public and private acquirers and targets. We also have extensive experience in counseling boards of directors and senior management in the most sensitive situations.

We approach our clients’ legal issues always within the larger framework of their strategic, commercial and financial goals. We focus on matters that require the attention, extensive experience, expertise and the reputation of our partners. In order to provide this partner-intensive service, we generally do not handle routine matters, we limit the number and type of matters we do undertake.